Bag-holder



(ModeL) N. W. GARDNER.

BAG- HOLDER. No. 247,332. Patented Sept. 20,1881.

N. PETERS. Plwln-Lilhagnphun Washmglcn. n. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NELSON W. GARDNER, OF BRIDGEWATER, MICHIGAN.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,332, dated September 20, 1881. Application filed May 4, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NELsoN W. GARDNER, of Bridgewater, in the county of Washtenaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Bag-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bag-holders; and it consists, first, in the combination of the board having a strip secured to its front side, with a supporting rod orwire having bends in it to catch over the strip, and a long staple, to which one end of the rod or wire is fastened; second, in the combination of the board with a supporting-spring, which is secured to the board at each of its ends and bent into a loop at its center, which loop is passed up through suitable guides above the top edge of the board, so that when the board is suspended by the spring the strain will be equally divided between each of its ends; third, in the combination of the board, the supporting spring wire or rod, and a long staple to which one end of the wire is fastened, wherebythe ends of the wire or rod may be brought nearer together, all of which will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to construct a cheap, simple, and easily-operated bag-holder which can be used in filling bags of all ordinary sizes, and which will take up no appreciable room when not in use.

Figure 1 represents a perspective of my invention, showing the wire turned up in dotted lines and turned down in solid lines. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the board to which the supporting-wire is attached. Fig. 3 is an end view of my invention.

A represents a board of any suitable length,

shape, and width, and which has secured to its rear side a spring, B. This spring is formed from a single piece of wire, is bent into the shape shown, and is held in this position by having its ends fastened to the board at (l and the two keepers D passed over it, as shown. The central portion of the spring which forms the loop or book F is held in position by means of a keeper, G, and a projection, H. Whenever it is desired to use the bag-holder this spring is raised upward at its center, as shown in dotted liues,'so that the hookwill project above the top edge of the board, and thus be adapted to catch over a nail or any suitable projection fastened to the Wall. The object of this spring is to form a yielding support for the bag-holder, so that as the bag is being filled there will be no danger of its being torn by having heavy bodies or substances poured or shoveled into it. Where a rigid supportis formed for the bag and heavy substances are thrown into it, there is constant danger of the bag being injured. Loosely attached to the front side of the board, at I, is the curved wire J, which has a bend, L, made in each of its ends, so as to enable the wire to catch over the front edge of the strip 0, as shown. The other end of this wire, instead of being fastenedatoue point to the board,hasaloop formed in its end, and this loop passed over a long staple, N, so that this end of the wire can be adjusted freely back and forth for the purpose of adapting it to different-sized bags. The bends L in the wire are so shaped that they bear against the front of the board and form a support, in connection with their fasteniu gs, to the board, by which the wire is held in a horizontal position for the purpose of supporting the bag, as shown.

The strip 0 projects out a suitable distance from the front side of the board, so as to catch over the top edge of the bag that is being filled and prevent any of the substances with which the bag is being filled from being caught between the top edge of the bag and the front of the board, and thus being dropped upon the floor. The top edge of this strip is beveled away, so that should any of the substance with which the bag is being filled be thrown against the board it will drop down upon this strip and then fall into the bag.

In using my bag-holder the board A is first suspended upon anail or projection of auykind by means of the spring which is secured to its rear side. The bag is then caught under the bend L made in the stationary end of the wire, and the wire is then turned down, so that this bend will clamp the top edge of the bag against the front side of the board. The bag is then opened and passed over the top of the wire toward the other end,and this free end is drawn inward upon the staple sufficiently far to enable the bag to be made to catch over the top of the wire and under the bend L at its mova ble end. The two bends will then clamp the rear edge of the mouth of the bag against the board A, While the wire will support the front edge. The rear edge of the bag will then be held under the projecting strip, so that should any of the material with which the bag is filled be thrown against the board A it will drop directly into the bag instead of catching between the top of the bag and the front of the board and dropping upon the floor.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a bag-holder, the combination of the board A, having the strip 0 secured to its front side, with the supporting-Wire J, having the bends L, and the staple N, one end of the wire being made adjustable on the staple, substantially as shown.

2. In a bag-holder, the combination, with the board A, of spring B, bent into the shape shown, and having its central part formed into a bend or book adapted to catch over a projection, whereby the board A is supported at its center and a strain upon the spring is equally divided between each of its ends, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the board A and the supporting spring-wire, having one of its ends loosely attached to the board and its other end connected thereto by means of a long staple, whereby the ends of the wire may be brought nearer together or moved farther apart, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NELSON W. GARDNER.

Witnesses .GEORGE S. RAWSON, DANFORTH KEYES. 

